Display control apparatus and display control method

Active Publication Date: 2018-11-15
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC
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The present invention aims to make life easier for people who use head-mounted displays.

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With an ordinary stationary display, a user's field-of-view range spreads outside the display screen, possibly making it impossible to focus one's attention on the display screen or resulting in insufficient sense of immersion.

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[0021]In the present embodiment, a description will be given of a display technology using a head-mounted display (HMD). A head-mounted display is a display apparatus worn on a user's head in such a manner as to cover his or her eyes so that the user can view still images and videos appearing on a display screen provided in front of user's eyes. What appears on the head-mounted display may be content such as movies and television (TV) programs. In the present embodiment, however, a description will be given of an example in which a head-mounted display is used as a display apparatus for displaying game images.

[0022]FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an environment in which a game system 1 according to an embodiment is used. The game system 1 includes a gaming apparatus 10, an input apparatus 20, an imaging apparatus 14, a head-mounted display 100, and a display apparatus 12. The gaming apparatus 10 executes a game program. The input apparatus 20 is used to input a user instruction to ...

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A display control apparatus includes a display control section that generates a virtual space image by specifying a viewpoint position and a direction of line of sight and displays the image on a head-mounted display. The display control section can specify a plurality of positions in the virtual space as viewpoint positions and can change the viewpoint position to a position determined from among the plurality of positions in accordance with an attitude of the head-mounted display, and when the viewpoint position is changed, the display control section specifies, as a direction of line of sight, the direction in which a first position in the virtual space is seen from the changed viewpoint position.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a display control technology, and more particularly, to a display control apparatus and a display control method for controlling display on a head-mounted display.BACKGROUND ART[0002]Games are played by wearing a head-mounted display, connected to a game console, on the head, watching a screen displayed on the head-mounted display, and manipulating a controller or other device. With an ordinary stationary display, a user's field-of-view range spreads outside the display screen, possibly making it impossible to focus one's attention on the display screen or resulting in insufficient sense of immersion. In that respect, when a head-mounted display is worn, a user cannot see anything other than an image appearing on the head-mounted display, thereby increasing a sense of immersion into the image world and further enhancing the entertaining nature of the game.SUMMARYTechnical Problem[0003]The inventor recognized the need for a more c...

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IPC IPC(8): G02B27/01G06F3/0346G06F3/01
CPCG02B27/0179G02B27/017G06F3/0346G06F3/013G02B2027/0187G06F3/01G06F3/038H04N5/64G06F3/012G06F3/011G06T15/20G06F3/04815G06T19/003G06F3/147G09G2354/00G09G3/3406G09G2320/064G09G2370/16A63F13/5252A63F13/5255A63F13/25A63F13/213G09G5/00G06F3/0485G06F3/0484
InventorKAKE, TOMOKAZUISHIDA, TAKAYUKISUZUKIWATARI, YASUHIRO
OwnerSONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC